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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6654196 | Avoiding write to read interference during self-servowriting During self-servowriting, burst information is written within slots defined on tracks of a recording medium. In writing the burst information, write to read interference, caused by large offsets in separate read and write elements of a recording transduce... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6338091 | System for optimistic transmission flow control including receiver data discards upon inadequate buffering condition A system for a message processing system in which messages are transmitted from source nodes to destination nodes. A transmission flow control technique is disclosed in which the source node optimistically sends control information and a data portion of a... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6301109 | Isothermal heat sink with cross-flow openings between channels Apparatus for cooling an electronic device, and a resultant fluid-cooled electronic apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heat sink member with a surface for making thermal contact with the electronic device. The heat sink me... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6298351 | Modifying an unreliable training set for supervised classification An unreliable training set is modified to provide for a reliable training set to be used in supervised classification. The training set is modified by determining which data of the set are incorrect and reconstructing those incorrect data. The reconstruct... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6297416 | Process for making ଲ-carotene A process for preparing ଲ-carotene, represented by Formula 3 ##STR1## staring from a sulfone compound of Formula B ##STR2##... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289432 | Sharing segments of storage by enabling the sharing of page tables Segments of storage of a computer system are shared among any number of users at varying virtual addresses. The virtual addresses can be in the same address space or different address spaces. The sharing of a segment of storage is provided by storing the ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6289301 | System and methods for frame-based augmentative communication using pre-defined lexical slots The invention pertains to the field of Augmentative Communication Technology. The invention addresses the problem of providing a communication device for producing message output reflecting a user's intended message which minimizes the amount of user inpu... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6282703 | Statically linking an application process with a wrapper library A technique for statically linking an application process to a wrapper library employed in intercepting one or more calls invoked by the application process. The intercepted calls may comprise system calls or library calls. In a first link step, the appli... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6282560 | Managing processor resources in a non-dedicated computer system Managing processor resources in a non-dedicated computer system. An amount of a processor resource is allocated to a real-time application of the computer system. The amount does not exceed a limit chosen for a group of real-time applications, wherein the... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276993 | Fluid abrasive jets for machining The apparatus comprises a storage vessel (19) for abrasive particles, a source of pressurised carrier fluid and a first conduit (11) to convey at least a major proportion of the incoming carrier fluid to a nozzle (16). A second conduit (9) connects the so... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6279127 | System for predicting year-2000 instruction failures Object-code instruction traces are employed to analyze selected instructions of an application program for possible failure when confronted by a year-2000 date. The analysis includes directly identifying one or more instructions of the application program... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273429 | Labyrinth cartridge seal, and centrifugal compressor applications thereof A labyrinth cartridge seal having a shell and a plurality of sleeves having corresponding portions to prevent axial and radial movement therebetween and particularly a labyrinth cartridge seal for use in a compressor for compression of a gas, such as oxyg... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6274055 | In-line liquid filtration device useable for blood, blood products or the like An in-line liquid filtration device useable for filtration of blood, blood products or the like includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, at least one filter element disposed in the housing between the inlet port and outlet port so as to fi... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6275507 | Transport demultiplexor for an MPEG-2 compliant data stream A transport demultiplexor for demultiplexing an MPEG-2 compliant transport stream into a system data stream, a video data stream, and an audio data stream. The demultiplexor has frontend logic, a packet buffer, and data, video, and audio unloaders. The fr... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6275826 | Program products for pacing the frequency at which systems of a multisystem environment compress log streams The frequency at which a multisystem log stream is compressed by a system of a multisystem environment is adjusted in real-time. The rate at which the multisystem log stream is compressed by the system is ascertained. That rate is relative to how frequent... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6275900 | Hybrid NUMA/S-COMA system and method A hybrid non-uniform-memory-architecture/simple-cache-only-memory-architecture (NUMA/S-COMA) memory system and method are described useful in association with a computer system having a plurality of nodes coupled to each other. The plurality of nodes... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6271039 | Composition for use in fluorescence assay systems The present invention relates to a composition for use in fluorometry, a method of fluorometry and the use of a class of new reagents in fluorometry. The composition comprises a substrate which is a non-fluorescent derivative of a fluorophore, and a shift... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270347 | Nanostructured ceramics and composite materials for orthopaedic-dental implants Methods for enhancing osteoblast functions on a surface of an orthopaedic/dental implant and enhancing osseointegration of an orthopaedic/dental implant consist of providing an orthopaedic/dental implant comprising one or more nanostructured ceramic havin... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270604 | Method for fabricating an optical waveguide A method in which a separate preformed optical material is suitably sized for easy handling, manipulation, and fabrication into a waveguide having a core (formed from the optical material) having transverse cross-sectional dimensions on the order of only ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270432 | Tennis training and drilling device A sports footwork training device that immediately alerts players if their weight is not on the balls of the feet includes a switch removably attachable to a rearward portion of a lower surface of a sole of a shoe. The switch is closable by application of... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6268403 | Photopolymerizible compositions containing cycloaliphatic epoxyalcohol monomers A method of accelerating the cure rate of an epoxy curing composition includes combining a cycloaliphatic epoxyalcohol monomer, a non-hydroxyl-containing epoxy monomer and a cationic photoinitiator to form an epoxy curing composition, and exposing the cur... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268908 | Micro adjustable illumination aperture The distribution of ultraviolet light irradiated from an illumination source to optical elements of a projection exposure device is varied by an illumination aperture. The illumination aperture is formed with a plurality of openings which may be opened or... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6268533 | Formoterol process A method is disclosed for the preparation of optically pure isomers of formoterol by the reaction of an optically pure 4-benzyloxy-3-formamidostyrene oxide with an optically pure 4-methoxy--methyl-N-(phenylmethyl)benzeneethanamine followed by ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6266631 | System and methods for frame-based augmentative communication having pragmatic parameters and navigational indicators The invention pertains to the field of Augmentative Communication Technology. The invention addresses the problem of providing a communication device for producing message output reflecting a user's intended message which minimizes the amount of user inpu... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6266783 | System-managed rebuild of coupling facility structures Rebuilding of storage structures within a shared storage processor of a computing environment. A rebuild of a storage structure, which is owned by an exploiter of the storage structure, is initiated. Thereafter, the storage structure is rebuilt via an ope... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6265228 | Process for preparing combinatorial amide alcohol libraries Combinatorial chemical libraries of the Formula [S]--C(O)--L'--Z containing dihyroxy amides and hydroxyphosphonate amides are disclosed, in which [S] represents a solid support and --L'--Z is a linker/ligand residue. In these libraries, Z is ##STR1##... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6262017 | Peptides for altering osteoblast adhesion Peptides containing the amino acid sequence, aa1 -aa2 -aa3 -aa4 -(Gly)n, devices for implantation coated with the peptides and methods for altering cell adhesion using the peptides are disclosed. The ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6260007 | System and methods for frame-based augmentative communication having a predefined nearest neighbor association between communication frames The invention pertains to the field of Augmentative Communication Technology. The invention addresses the problem of providing a communication device for producing message output reflecting a user's intended message which minimizes the amount of user inpu... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6258193 | Methods for fabricating laminated structures using rubber tire parts Methods for fabricating laminations to form structural elements of predetermined shapes (120, 220, 420, 520, 620) are provided. Laminations include parts (22, 24) fabricated from the tread portion (42) of discarded rubber tires. The parts are typically ar... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6253835 | Isothermal heat sink with converging, diverging channels Apparatus for cooling an electronic device, and a resultant fluid-cooled electronic apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heat sink member with a surface for making thermal contact with the electronic device. The heat sink me... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6256751 | Restoring checkpointed processes without restoring attributes of external data referenced by the processes A checkpoint of a process is taken in order to provide a consistent state of the process in the event the process is to be restarted. When the process is restarted, the process is placed in the state it was in when the checkpoint was taken. However, there... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6255120 | Combinatorial library of substituted statine esters and amides via a novel acid-catalyzed rearrangement A combinatorial chemical library comprising a plurality of members of the Formula [S]--C(O)--L'-Z containing hydroxyamides is disclosed, in which [S] represents a solid support and L'-Z is a linker/compound residue. In this library, Z is ##STR1## and... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6254882 | Methods and compositions for treating pulmonary disorders using optically pure (S)--salmeterol A method and composition are disclosed utilizing the pure (S) isomer of salmeterol which is a potent bronchodilator with reduced adverse effects, having a better selectivity for 댢 receptors than the corresponding R enantiomer or the race... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6252732 | Method and apparatus for correcting systematic errors in timing pattern generation Improvements in placement of timing patterns in self-servowriting include correcting for systematic errors due to geometric effects. A correction is made for varying systematic errors, such as when the recording head has spatially separate read and write ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251469 | Method of rendering a substrate selectively non-wettable chip carrier with enhanced wire bondability A substrate that is substantially non-wettable to adhesive resin is disclosed. The substrate is coated with a fluorinated silane composition. Preferable fluorosilane compositions include perfluoroalkyl alkylsilanes of Formula III: R5n | 06/26/2001 |
| 6252905 | Real-time evaluation of compressed picture quality within a digital video encoder Method, system and computer program product are provided for real time evaluation of compressed picture quality, in hardware, software or a combination thereof, during encoding of a sequence of video data. A received video signal is encoded by quantizing ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6253336 | Predicting year-2000 instruction failures Object-code instruction traces are employed to analyze selected instructions of an application program for possible failure when confronted by a year-2000 date. The analysis includes directly identifying one or more instructions of the application program... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6249399 | Methods and systems for self-servowriting including maintaining a reference level within a useable dynamic range Methods and systems for self-servowriting a data storage medium are disclosed, including servoing to propagation bursts of a propagation pattern located in tracks other than an immediately preceding track. Reference levels used to position a recording hea... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6244751 | Adjustable spacer having a generally axially curved bearing interface portion A bearing assembly adjustable spacer may include an end portion, a deformable portion, a transversely inward face portion, and a transversely outward face portion. The end portion may be configured for generally axial abutment (e.g., with a shoulder porti... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243828 | System for parallel, remote administration of mirrored and alternate volume groups in a distributed data processing system A system for remotely administering one or more nodes of a distributed data processing system to provide mirroring of operating system images, and/or designating of alternate volume groups for the one or more nodes. A new data class is defined in a system... | 06/05/2001 |
